Eagle Byzantium

When the secret discussion of these people came to an end, the sky around the Church of St. Andrew had already turned white.

The Pisan Chamber of Commerce and the defensive fortress were completely razed overnight, as if it had never existed, and the files inside were burned. The angry massacre of the rioters was even more terrible: from the Chamber of Commerce, from Consul Moniqueni to ordinary merchants from the city-state, a total of 38 people were killed, including their families; various hired personnel, including actuaries, brokers, bodyguards, mercenaries, sailors, porters, cooks, etc., were killed, and no one was spared. The victims did not even have complete remains left behind. They were either in the basement or in the haystack, burned to ashes. No, looking at it now, to be exact, the entire charred ruins no longer had any distinction between the underground and the ground. The burnt tree trunks in the courtyard had grayish-white scorched cracks, and Moniqueni's body, which was originally hanging here, had also disappeared. People threw his broken flesh, along with the bodies of his children, into the deep waters of the Farfa River, leaving no trace.

Along the streets, knights, infantrymen, and civilians drove various mules, donkeys, and other animals, carrying the recovered money, laughing and talking, passing in front of St. Peter's Church.

In the central hall, Adhmar huddled in a hardwood chair on the edge of the viewing platform in pain, his face pale and silent.

Opposite him, the five giants who had discussed all night put forward the request for a diplomatic envoy to him.

"If Adelbero is still alive, it would be great. I can go to the camp of a Turkish prince with him." Admar replied.

At this time, the five people said in unison that it was not appropriate to ask a dignified clergy leader to serve as an envoy to negotiate with the Turks.

At this moment, a Catholic monk named Hetzel bravely stepped out, and with the vigor of a young man (although he was not handsome and had freckles all over his face), he volunteered to serve as an envoy. Gawain looked at him, "You can only go to Durak."

Because such young monks are full of the vigor of a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger. According to the previous plan, it is not suitable for them to go to Kobha.

When Gawain had just finished the arrangement, the hermit Peter walked out and said that he was willing to go to Kobha to take on the second task of negotiation.

"No." Gawain rejected it flatly.

"Are you afraid that Kobuha will harm me? Don't forget Gawain. When you were trapped in Bari before, I went to see His Holiness alone and helped you out. Now the situation in Antioch is so urgent and critical, it's time for me to show my ability." Peter's attitude was firm and enthusiastic.

"But going to negotiate with Kobuha now is very different from the situation in Bari at that time..." Just as Gawain was about to continue anxiously, the thin Peter laughed, "I know, I went there with the awareness that I would lose."

As soon as these words came out, Gawain's thoughts were immediately seen through, so he could only stop the verbal dispute, "Then I will send thirty knights on horseback to escort you, my brother."

Peter shook his head, "I went alone in Bari before, and I can still go alone now, so that I can It is safer, and I don't need any soldiers to follow me. "

After the sun burned out the thin clouds in the sky, in the brightest morning of the day, the hermit who always kept his word, still covered with a half-worn gray-black robe, rode his famous donkey, alone, holding a whip made of branches, occasionally shouting, and walked out of St. Paul's Gate, stepping on the endless weeds and sand, looking at the stone fortress full of soldiers standing and staring, and after half a li, he turned out of the mountains and headed for the distant Kobha camp.

Soon, the rangers outside the Turkish camp caught him, but facing the blade, Peter was not afraid, and calmly explained his purpose in Turkish (he had traveled to the Holy Land and Antioch before, and was captured by the Turkish people of Zahas in Nicaea, so he was proficient in this language)

The Turkish cavalry was surprised at the courage of this skinny old man, and did not harm his life. Instead, they followed his wishes and took him to Kobuha's tent with a terrifying black flag.

Kobuha then sat on the throne, with Budakis serving beside him. On the small table was the hourglass that blessed him with invincibility. When Peter stepped into it, the whole tent was full of coquettish boys, laughing and running around, "Emissary from the Christians, my children are laughing at your appearance. As an important diplomat, your ugliness, shortness and thinness make me, a distinguished prince, feel insulted." Kobuha on the throne, although he suffered a previous disastrous defeat, in order to boost his own morale, he must make such an arrogant gesture.

Peter immediately bowed down and went straight to the point, "I am here to request a ceasefire. There are now 100,000 pilgrims, and you, Your Excellency, also have a considerable number of people. The destruction of either side is inhumane and heartbreaking."

"You must never make peace with them, Your Highness!" Budakis begged, pulling the corner of the robe of the ruler of Mosul, and Kobha raised his hand, indicating that he naturally had his own opinion, and then he continued to say to Peter, "Your wording is very wrong. It is not the destruction of 'either side', but only you."

"Five days later, we will launch a decisive battle against you. Christian warriors blessed by the Lord will not fail. So I stand here today and ask Your Highness to abandon your false and erroneous beliefs, leave Antioch, and return to your kingdom, so that you can save yourself." Peter's answer made the tent explode. Many Ghazi warriors thought they had suffered a great insult and drew their swords to chop Peter, who was talking nonsense, into pieces.

Kobha was also very angry, "I will not argue with you about doctrine. That is the most stupid behavior. But I would like to ask, why should I do what you say?"

"Because the conditions are very generous." Peter, standing below, looked calm.

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"What conditions?"

"As long as you magnanimously give up the attack on Antioch, return it to the believers of Christ, and abandon false beliefs. Then, as a plenipotentiary, I declare that Godfrey, Gawain, and Bohemond, the three most respected princes in the team, will become your subordinates, and you will become the leader of the entire pilgrims, the king of the largest and most powerful area of ​​Antioch, Mosul, Azaze, and Marash, and His Holiness the Holy See of Rome will personally anoint you with sacred oil and recognize your supreme status."

Peter's words initially stunned Kobha, and then the prince of Mosul covered his abdomen with both hands, bent down on his seat, opened his beard and big mouth, first whispered, and then laughed fiercely and wantonly, and the surrounding catamites, guards and servants also laughed with their masters, and the whole tent was immediately filled with a playful and lively atmosphere. (To be continued ~^~)